• DOI:10.1001/JAMA.1939.02800080049011
• Corpus ID: 51754097

SURGICAL LIGATION OF A PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS: REPORT OF FIRST SUCCESSFUL CASE

@article{Gross1939SURGICALLO,
  title={SURGICAL LIGATION OF A PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS: REPORT OF FIRST SUCCESSFUL CASE},
  author={Robert E. Gross and John P. Hubbard},
  journal={JAMA},
  year={1939},
  volume={112},
  pages={1201-1202}
}

• R. Gross, J. Hubbard
• Published 25 February 1939
• Medicine
• JAMA

The continued patency of a ductus arteriosus for more than the first few years of life has long been known to be a potential source of danger to a patient for two reasons: First, the additional work of the left ventricle in maintaining the peripheral blood pressure in the presence of a large arteriovenous communication may lead eventually to cardiac decompensation of severe degree. Second, the presence of a patent ductus arteriosus makes the possessor peculiarly subject to fatal bacterial endarteritis. While it is true that some persons have been known to live to old age with a patent ductus of Botalli, statistics have shown that the majority die relatively young because of complications arising from this congenital abnormality. Dr. Maude Abbott 1 presented a series of ninety-two cases which came to autopsy in which it was shown that the patient had had a patent ductus arteriosus without any other